Abelia Growing Tips

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Abelia

In this issue I'm showing you some secrets about getting the best out of your Abelia plants.

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The Art of Growing Abelia.

Abelia.

Attractive leaf-losing or evergreen shrubs which are of the same family as the Honeysuckle.

Abelia are suitable for planting in the open garden with a south or south-west aspect, but elsewhere almost all of them must be set against a sunny wall or fence. Planting is best done in October. The most suitable soil is a well drained rich garden loam with the addition of well rotted garden compost with, if possible plenty of leaf-mould incorporated, if coarse grit or sand is available add a few hand fall’s to the mix. They will flourish in any ordinary soil if these ingredients are added.

The Hardiest Abelia is without doubt Abelia triflora, this variety will reach a height of 12 feet, and smothers itself will fragrant white-rose flowers from June to September, it is the most suitable of all fragrant Abelia growing, always being recommended for the open garden, though not the most attractive.

The Grandiflora Abelia, evergreen or almost evergreen is another splendid flowering Abelia shrub, with white, tinged pink blossoms from July to October. This flowering Abelia shrub will reach a height of 8 feet. It will need a sunny sheltered border.

There have been many new varieties of Abelia bred over the last 30 years that have been reported as being hardy, but alas they have fallen by the wayside, but with one exception Shrub Abelia Francis Mason, this variety has proven itself again and again, being classed as a semi-evergreen shrub, in mild winters we have noted that the golden yellow margined, dark green leaves do not drop. This Abelia Shrub produces slightly fragrant white, tinged pink flowers from July to October. Like all Abelia plants they always look there best in full sun.

Those who have a warm wall that is not wholly covered might do worse than plant one or two of the Abelias listed above, for their small and , in some cases, very fragrant flowers come in early summer or late spring before the garden has really got into its stride.

We hope you have enjoyed this months Blog.

Next month we will be looking at growing Abelias from seed.

How to capture and save seed from your own plants.

How to Grow and train your own Abelia Standards.

Also in the months to come

How to prune your Abelia shrub properly.

How to train your Abelia to grow 20 feet up your wall.

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